{"id":190,"date":"2007-02-25T05:33:25","date_gmt":"2007-02-25T13:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/?p=190"},"modified":"2007-02-25T05:33:25","modified_gmt":"2007-02-25T13:33:25","slug":"maya-mel-scripts-for-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/25\/maya-mel-scripts-for-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"Maya, mel scripts for animation"},"content":{"rendered":"

[update]<\/strong> I don’t use the GI joe script <\/strong>anymore and now go with Mental ray GI preset. I no more use Lluis Llobera Reset Channels <\/strong>script anymore, I just zero things out in the Maya channel editor.
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I created a set of icons for the mel scripts I use the most. Click on the picture to download them all and also a nifty Xsheet script<\/strong> someone created for me.<\/p>\n

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Gi_Joe lighting script<\/a> for cheap Global Illumination<\/p>\n

Michael Comet’s autotangent<\/a> download the whole cometScripts.zip pack<\/a> and only extract\u00a0autoTangent.mel He also has some cool parenting scripts but that’s an other story. [update] I currently use a hotkey for that one since the only value I use is the magic 4.2<\/p>\n

Luis Llobera Make button<\/a> and Reset channels<\/del>. LLMakeButton<\/strong> IS A MUST!!!!!!<\/p>\n

Pose2shelf<\/a><\/p>\n

Zoomerate<\/a> great to zoom and pan into your camera view without moving your shot camera. Perfect when animating fingers or eyelids in the camera view.<\/p>\n

Tween Machine<\/a> by Justin Barrett. An other must have script!!! It allows you to create linear breakdowns while in step mode and favour the previous or next pose. I just upgraded to version 2. The new interface takes a bit more screen space but you now have the option to use buttons or a slider, great for people suffering from RSI. <\/p>\n

An other script I use all the time<\/strong> is Aaron Koressel<\/a> ackSliceCurves<\/a>. I use it so much that instead of a button I just use “Shift + b” as a hotkey, b<\/strong><\/em> being the “set key” hotkey for me. This script is great if your default tangents are set to step.<\/p>\n

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ackSliceCurves<\/p><\/div>\n

Xshee<\/a>t is a little mel script someone on CG talk<\/a> created for me. The script tells you on the viewport how far you are from the previous keypose. Great to learn about timing.<\/p>\n

Related post:<\/em><\/strong>
\nAnimation hotkeys<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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